SCHOOL FOOTBALL. - CAULFIELD AND HAILEYBUBY. - Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925) - 30 Aug 1906 (original) (raw)

CAOLFIELD AND HAILEYBUBY.

These celebrated rivals put up a great wet-day exhibition

on the East Melbourne duck-pond last Friday

afternoon, the little ones in red being harder

nuts to crack than Caulfiold expected. Some firstcluss

football was shown for the dav, both- teams

juggling and passing the spheroid skilfully, marking

well and booting it to the right spot. Haileyburv

went into the lead, playing pretty football, the

C'nulfield lads stumbling and fumbling more than

their pocket-wonder rivals. However, the Raoecourse

team settled down, and gradually, by i-olid, sound

football, forged ahead and caught the judge'* eve.

It was a finely-coutested game, and there wore few

For Caulfield Happy Tyrer, in the ruck, covered

himself with mud and glory. Skipper Dick Fowler's

roving was beauteous to bohold; ho spread himself

over the arena like Hannibal's Pi' lie army over

Italy. Airy Wilson, forward, knockeJ loudly" at the

golden gates. Ding-Dong Bell, half-forwanl, rang

his bell like the Cathedral Handbell Ringers. Docker

Eadie, in the centre, was Algebraically cxact.

trick Purbick w us like the wall B&lbus and Romulus

erected in defence. The burly Paddy Stevenson

hurled his massive frame into tho thick of the fray,

and was as aggressive as the great C. Marius.

Skinny Meyer was a flyer on the wing. Snowy

White was smnrt and tricky. Jid Giddy played n

useful game. Bones M'Ken/.ie staved off bursting

shell*- on the half-back country. Chuck Croker.

Loudy Warnock and Billy Bett were stalwart in de-

fence. Cousin George Davis made a sure guardian

of the citadel. Battleaxe M'Lennan and Ginger Ran-

kin shone brightly in the sun, forward. Dummy Lang

was solid, and made some sure kicks.

llazlitt was the bright particular star of Haileybury.

Tho lads, however, played well to-him. aiid

he missed few opportunities. Little Campbell, in

the ruck, battled like a Trojan bold and Thomas

Bent. He seemed fond of work. Odgers, also in

the ruck, played soldierly football. On the half-back

line the staunch Bury relieved time and again, lie

stuck like a patent "plaster. Cudden II. roved like

Henry V. over the pleasant land of France, turning

up where lie wasn't expected, but securing tho globule